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The tower of the old Franciscan monastery in Roundstone, Connemara. Within the monastery walls you'll find a music craft shop and the workshop of Mallachy Kearns - who makes bodhrans.
The Monastery of the Cross (Georgian: ჯვრის მონასტერი) is an Orthodox monastery near the Nayot neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel. It is located in the Valley of the Cross, below the Israel Museum and the Knesset.
The monastery was built in the 11th century, during the reign of King Bagrat IV by the Georgian Giorgi-Prokhore of Shavsheti. It is believed that the site was originally consecrated in the 4th century under the instruction of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great, who later gave the site to the Georgian King Mirian III of Iberia after the conversion of his country to Christianity in 327 A.D.
By the 14th century, the monastery had become the center of the Georgian community in Jerusalem. By 1685, however, the monastery had been taken over by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate
Gelati Monastery, built between the 12th and 17th centuries, it was an important religious, cultural and educational center of Georgia. Imereti Region, Georgia.
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from southern Indiana, Brother Guy (later Father Ray) was my introduction to mission work with the Dakota Indians at this, one of Blue Cloud's many Indian missions, summer 1974
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North Bohemian cistercian monastery founded in late 12th Century. It survived many burnings and plunders through the centuries, was expanded and modernized in baroque style, and was used by monks until 2008. Today it´s entrusted to the local catholic diocese, and the monks can return any time they want. The complex is an important cultural and architectonic monument supported by the state, with impressive baroque interiors, in 2014 the old monastery brewery was renewed and produces beer due to the old monk traditions.
Chrysoskalitissa Monastery is a 17th-century Orthodox Christian monastery located on the island of Crete, Greece. Located on the south-west coast of the island, in the municipal unit Innachori, it lies some 72 kilometres south-west of Chania. Built up on rocks some 35 metres high, it overlooks the Libyan Sea. According to local tradition, the name of the monastery is derived from one of the ninety steps which lead there, which is said to be golden and visible only to devout Christians. The monastery is dedicated to the Holy Trinity and the Dormition of Virgin Mary.
Sera Monastery, Tibet
Located near Lhasa.
Founded 1419. Famous for debating monks. Families are visiting Sera to get blessing for their children. Child gets blessing black mark on the nose.
The Alahan Monastery, Koja Kalessi, is a one hour walking distance from the village of Geçimli, located in the province of Mersin, Turkey. The site is being considered to be put on the World Heritage list of sites who have "outstanding universal value" to the world.
The Christian monastery at Alahan is located in the mountains of Isauria in Southern Asia Minor near Mut on the road between Karaman and Silifke. Residing at an altitude of 4,000ft, it stands 3,000 ft over the Calycadnus valley. Construction started during the second half of the fifth century under Emperor Leo I and was finished by Emperor Zeno, yet by the seventh century it was abandoned. Its remains include two churches, one (The East Church) is extremely well preserved, a baptistery, a colonnaded runway running the full length of the site, and a couple of subsidiary buildings, plus some old caves and graves. The complex may be funded by Emperor Zeno (474-491), who was from the region. The buildings stretches along the side of the mountain and covers an area of 30x200 meters. It is quite possible that the monastery official, and monks lived in the houses surrounding the complex. The monastery stands as the finest achievement of native Isaurian stonemasons and sculptors. Alahan is a key site in the history of early Byzantine architecture, half a century before the great achievements of Anicia Juliana and Justinian in Constantinople.
In 2012, Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Mersin Governorship started restoration work on the site because of its history and heritage.
After getting back down off Mount Sinai and having some breakfast, we were taken round St. Catherines Monastery. It was pretty neat but rather rushed and I didn't really pay too much attention because I was so tired!
This Greek Monastery is located right out in the middle of the Mediteranean Sea along a 200 ft rock walkway in Georgioupoli, Crete, Greece
Pelayoníssi belongs to Meyistis Lavras Monastery on Mount Athos. It used to be the site of ancient Alónissos. Here there is also a 12th century monastery, one of the biggest natural harbours of the Mediterranean Sea, Planitis bay, a well-preserved flour mill and a restored olive/wine press.
This was taken looking down from the monastery into the bay.
"The beautifully restored Rommersdorf Abbey in the district of Heimbach-Weis should not be missed when visiting Neuwied. The former Premonstratensian monastery combines architectural elements of the Romanesque and Gothic periods and is regarded as a jewel among the medieval buildings in the region.
Also well worth seeing is the garden, laid out in part according to baroque originals. Around the abbey visitors will find contrasting gardens and woodlands that have been left in their natural state.
The abbey is the setting for popular cultural events. In spring the town plays host to the cloister concerts and in summer presents the festival of open-air theatre as well as the children's theatre festival."
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The island’s most prosperous and opulent Greek Orthodox monastery was founded in the 11th century by Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komninos after a bizarre series of events. Over the centuries, a series of fires all but destroyed the original monastery. The surviving building, an imposing and well-maintained structure, dates from 1831. The monastery is about 20km west of Pedoulas high up in the Troodos Mountains of the Republic of Cyprus.
The monastery started with a hermit called Esaias, who lived in a cave close to the site. One day in the forest, Esaias crossed paths with a hunter from Nicosia, doux Manuel Boutoumiytes, who was also the Byzantine governor of Cyprus. Boutoumiytes was lost and asked directions from the recluse, only to be ignored because of Esaias’ ascetic vows. The self-important hunter became outraged at what he perceived to be the hermit’s insolence, so he cursed him and threw him to the ground to teach him as a lesson.
Upon returning to Nicosia, Boutoumiytes began to suffer incurable lethargy. He recalled how he had mistreated Esaias and set out to beg forgiveness, in the hope of restoring his failing health. Meanwhile, a vision from God appeared to Esaias, telling him to charge Boutoumiytes with the task of bringing an icon of the Virgin Mary from Constantinople to Cyprus.
At the hermit’s request, and after much soul-searching, Boutoumiytes was eventually able to bring the icon to Cyprus. He convinced the Byzantine emperor in Constantinople, whose daughter suffered the same lethargic affliction, that she would be saved if they did what the hermit and therefore God had asked. The icon, said to be painted by St Luke, is one of only three that survive. For the last four centuries it has sat in a sealed, silver-encased box within the Kykkos Monastery.